Polly wants a crackerI think I should get off her firstI think she wants some waterTo put out the blow torch

It isn't meWe have some seedLet me clipYour dirty wingsLet me take a rideDon't cut yourselfI want some helpTo please myselfI've got some ropeYou have been toldI promise youI have been trueLet me take a rideDon't cut yourselfI want some helpTo please myself

Polly wants a crackerMaybe she would like some foodShe asks me to untie herA chase would be nice for a few

It isn't meWe have some seedLet me clipYour dirty wingsLet me take a rideDon't cut yourselfI want some helpTo please myselfI've got some ropeYou have been toldI promise youI have been trueLet me take a rideDon't cut yourselfI want some helpTo please myself

Polly said

Polly says her back hurtsAnd she's just as bored as meShe caught me off my guardIt amazes me, the will of instinct

It isn't meWe have some seedLet me clipYour dirty wingsLet me take a rideDon't cut yourselfI want some helpTo please myselfI've got some ropeYou have been toldI promise youI have been trueLet me take a rideDon't cut yourselfI want some helpTo please myself

Polly is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the sixth song on their 1991 album, Nevermind.

Dating back to at least 1988, "Polly" stands alongside "About a Girl" and "Been a Son" as one of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain's earliest forays into unfiltered pop songwriting. It was originally titled "Hitchhiker", and later "Cracker", but was renamed to "Polly" some time in 1989. It was left off Nirvana's 1989 debut album Bleach because Cobain believed it was not consistent with the band's heavy grunge sound of the time.Read Full BioPolly is a song by the American rock band Nirvana. It is the sixth song on their 1991 album, Nevermind.

Dating back to at least 1988, "Polly" stands alongside "About a Girl" and "Been a Son" as one of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain's earliest forays into unfiltered pop songwriting. It was originally titled "Hitchhiker", and later "Cracker", but was renamed to "Polly" some time in 1989. It was left off Nirvana's 1989 debut album Bleach because Cobain believed it was not consistent with the band's heavy grunge sound of the time. However, it found its way onto the band's second album Nevermind two years later, and remained a part of the band's regular setlist until Cobain's death (and Nirvana's dissolution) in April 1994. It also stands as Chad Channing's only contribution to the album, having left the band before the recording of Nevermind.

The song is about the horrific kidnapping of a 14 year old girl at gunpoint as she left a punk gig in Tacoma. the abducor, Gerald Friend raped her repeatedly and tortured her with razors and a blowtorch in his mobile home. The girl eventually escaped and Friend was imprisoned. Writing from the perspective of the abductor, Cobain manages to convey not just the repugnance of the ordeal, but also something of the abductor ("she's just as bored as me").